The Watchtower, August 1, 1981

THE

WATCHTOWER

Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom

CAN DEATH BE DEFEATED?

IN THIS ISSUE

3 When Tragedy Strikes

4 Can Death Be Defeated?

7 What It Means to Us

8 The Welcome Rain of Truth in Botswana

11 Insight on the News

12 The Waldenses—Heretics or Truth-Seekers?

16 A Field Producing Wheat and Weeds

26 Will God Execute the Wicked?

Habakkuk Answers Yes!

21 Harvesting in the "Time of the End"

OUR COVER: What sorrow we experience at the death of a loved one! Death is truly an enemy. But can it be defeated? Learn what the Bible says. See pages 3-8

30 What Does Church Membership Mean?

31 Questions from Readers

32 'I Begged for the Book'

A WATCHTOWER provides a vantage point from which the watchman can observe and warn of approaching danger. This magazine, published by Jehovah's Witnesses since 1879, serves a similar purpose. It keeps watch on world events in these critical times and calls attention to God's warning of his vengeance soon to be executed on those ruining the earth. It comforts all peoples with the hope that God's kingdom by Jesus Christ is about to bring in a global paradise of peace. It encourages all to exercise faith in the ransoming power of Jesus' shed blood, and points to the joyous prospect of everlasting life on earth under the sovereignty of the true God, Jehovah. "The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom" is nonpolitical, and adheres to the Bible as authority.

Copyright © 1981 by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.

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